To the freemen of Alabama

Item Information

• Description
  Open letter from Governor Joshua L. Martin to men of Alabama, encouraging them to enlist in volunteer army to fight in the Mexican-American War. Notes that Alabama has sent fewer men than other states, and that "the lethargy displayed, must leave an indellible [sic] blot upon our escutcheon, if we are not aroused to action." Dated Tuscaloosa, Oct. 14, 1847. On back, communication from War Department to Governor Martin directing him to organize a volunteer army from the state.

• Item ID
  bdsal10006
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Alabama
• Language
  eng
• Title
  To the freemen of Alabama
• Extent
  2 scans
• Date
  1847-10-14
• Folder
  AL1
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  Mexican War, 1846-1848

• Copyright & Usage
  None